Facebook posting

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Tom Doyle, 49, of Palm City, posted this photo on Facebook in April 2010 showing his son sitting on a dead American alligator. He later told FWC investigators that he was protecting his goats from the alligator. He was charged with illegal possession of an American alligator.

Tom Doyle, 49, of Palm City, posted this photo on Facebook in April 2010 showing his son sitting on a dead American alligator. He later told FWC investigators that he was protecting his goats from the alligator. He was charged with illegal possession of an American alligator. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

Tom Doyle, 49, of Palm City, posted this photo on Facebook in April 2010 showing his son sitting on a dead American alligator. He later told FWC investigators that he was protecting his goats from the alligator. He was charged with illegal possession of an American alligator.